CVE-2016-10726

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-07-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The XMLUI feature in DSpace before 3.6, 4.x before 4.5, and 5.x before 5.5 allows directory traversal via the themes/ path in an attack with two or more arbitrary characters and a colon before a pathname, as demonstrated by a themes/Reference/aa:etc/passwd URI.

Affected products

DSpace: before 3.6; from 4.0 before 4.5; from 5.0 before 5.5 — fixed in 3.6, 4.5, 5.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: DSpace 3.6, 4.5, 5.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/releases/tag/dspace-5.5
https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-3094
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC5x/Release+Notes
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/releases/tag/dspace-5.5
https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-3094
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC5x/Release+Notes

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